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Rescuer: "I knew that if we crash, he's going to kill both of us"

A man accused of taking a female employee of a Sarpy County day care, his girlfriend, at knife-point is now in custody, authorities confirmed.

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Updated: 12:28 AM CDT Jul 8, 2015

Rescuer: "I knew that if we crash, he's going to kill both of us"

A man accused of taking a female employee of a Sarpy County day care, his girlfriend, at knife-point is now in custody, authorities confirmed.

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WEBVTT KETV CHANNEL 7. NOW, MORE COMPLETE COVERAGE FROM YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE FOR LOCAL NEWS, KETV NEWSWATCH 7 AT 10:00. BRANDI: A MORNING ABDUCTION CALL TAKES LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS COUNTY LINES, STARTING IN SARPY AND ENDING IN DOUGLAS. THE RESULT -- ONE MAN BEHIND SAFE. GOOD EVENING I'M BRANDI , PETERSEN. ROB: I'M ROB MCCARTNEY. POLICE TRACKED DOWN DYLAN DOEBELIN AFTER THEY SAY HE KIDNAPPED HIS GIRLFRIEND, NICOLE 156TH AND GILES. THEN, HE STABBED HER NEAR 204TH AND Q. SHE'S ALIVE TONIGHT, THANKS TO THE HELP OF SOME MEN WHO PUT THEMSELVES BETWEEN HER AND THE END OF DOEBELIN'S KNIFE. KETV NEWSWATCH 7 DAVE ROBERTS IS LIVE WITH THE HEROES' STORY. DAVE: TONIGHT, NICOLE CSWERCKO IS RECOVERING HERE AT NEBRASKA MEDICINE. FOR HOURS THIS AFTERNOON, DOCTORS SEWED UP STAB WOUNDS -- SAVING HER LIFE. IT'S A HAPPY ENDING MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A FEW RANDOM LIVES TO SAVE ANOTHER. BOB: ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD, THE PASSENGER DOOR OPENED, AND A WOMAN FELL DAVE: BOB BRUCKNER JUST WANTED TO GO FISHING. INSTEAD, HE DID SOME SAVING. BOB: IT WAS A SCARY RIDE. DAVE: BRUCKNER WASN'T ALONE IN THE EFFORT. MEET RICK, BRANDON, NIC, AND RALPH -- FOUR NEBRASKA FURNITURE MART EMPLOYEES ON THEIR WAY TO INSTALL SOME CARPET. THEY PUT THE JOB ON HOLD WHEN THEY SAY DYLAN DOEBELIN ATTACKED NICOLE CSWERCKO. RALPH: I SAW HIM GRAB A GIRL BY THE BACK OF HER HAIR, YANK HER BACK INTO THE STREET. IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS PUNCHING HER IN THE BELLY. THAT'S WHEN I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SAID, I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH THIS HAPPEN. NIC: WHEN I WAS COMING UP ON ROUTE, I COULD SEE THAT HE HAD A HUGE KNIFE -- A KITCHEN KNIFE ABOUT THE SIZE OF YOUR MICROPHONE. BOB: HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT, AND HE HAD A BIG BUTCHER KNIFE -- LIKE A PSYCHO KNIFE. FOUR OTHER GUYS SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY GOT OUT AND CAME AROUND. DAVE: THE MEN DISTRACTED DOEBELIN, DODGING HIS KNIFE LONG ENOUGH FOR CSWERCKO TO GET IN BRUCKNER'S JEEP. BOB: SHE GOT IN AND LOCKED THE DOOR. BY THAT TIME, HE WAS OVER TO HER SIDE WITH THE KNIFE, STABBING AT THE WINDOW TRYING TO BREAK IN THE GLASS. RICK: IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE AFTER THESE GUYS, IT WOULDN'T OF GIVEN THE OLD GUY TIME TO GRAB HER OFF THE MEDIAN AND GET OUT OF THERE. BOB: HE WAS DEFINITELY WANTING TO KILL HER. I SAY WHEN SHE GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND HE CAME AFTER, I KNEW THAT IF WE CRASH, HE'S GOING TO KILL BOTH OF US. BRANDON: IF WE DIDN'T DISTRACT HIM. AND THAT GUY DIDN'T COME WITH THE JEEP. IT COULD'VE BEEN REALLY BAD. DAVE: AFTER A VIOLENT CHASE, BRUCKNER SAYS DOEBELIN CRASHED INTO HIM, THEN RAN INTO THE BOTH HE A CSWERCKO FLAGGED DOWN A PASSING VAN TO ESCAPE. BOB: SHE'S ALIVE. I'M ALIVE. DAVE: DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND DOEBELIN HIDING IN A HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. HE IS UNDER ARREST RIGHT NOW, FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CHARGES. AGAIN, RELATIVES SAY CSWERCKO WILL RECOVER FROM HER STAB WOUNDS. LIVE AT NEBRASKA MEDICINE, DAVE

Rescuer: "I knew that if we crash, he's going to kill both of us"

A man accused of taking a female employee of a Sarpy County day care, his girlfriend, at knife-point is now in custody, authorities confirmed.